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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "transfer into your account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • drluiz_14cabral@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR KHAN"<drkhanusman@myway.com>
Reply-To: drluiz_cabral@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:40:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: TO A SAFE ACCOUNT.


REPLY-THROUGH THIS E-MAIL BOX: (drluiz_14cabral@yahoo.co.uk) ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES [ECOWAS]GHANA OFFICE MY DEAR FRIEND RE: TRANSFER OF US$40,500,000.00 (FORTHY MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT. I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my capacity as a Chief Accountant and in full agreement with the Auditor-General of this ORGANIZATION (ECOWAS] IN GHANA OFFICE We scrutinized all records and the accounts of awarded and executed contracts of this ORGANIZATION(ECOWAS) during the previous ADMINISTRATIVE regime, since the inception of democracy in ECOWAS SUB-REGION STATES and carefully uncover and mapped out a whopping sum US$40.5M which we want to transfer into your account as the beneficiary. You can authentically apply for supply if it interest you to be our client with full guarantee from me. The money $40.5M has been approved for payment by this ORGANIZATION ECOWAS, the Federal Ministry of Finance
(endorsed by the Accountant General of the ORGANIZATION ) and to be paid by the Apex Bank of ECOWAS under contract number, ECOWAS/OGN/FMF/GCB/B2517/99. As top civil servants, we are not authorized to operate foreign bank accounts hence our decision to use your account in full trust and confidence to transfer this money outside ECOWAS SUB-REGION. We have accepted you as our foreign partner sum (US$40.5M) FORTH MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). Moreover,it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not require much engagement since we have taken care of the deal in full capacity.We have resolved to give you 35% of the total for your assistance. If you are interested in this deal, please, contact me through my e-mail address above for more lively information. I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope that you will understand the confidential nature of this and its reality is a dream come through. Please note that some people
are using our organization name to defraud people so for security reasons all our employees as been given a security code so please when ever you see a message that bear my organization name and do not indication the security code people kindly send it to me so that my organization can deal with this people.i will give you my security code immediately you get back to me. please note that my senior colleague DR KHAN USMAN was in this office and he is on leave till march 14th 2008 was i am acting in is office till he resumes work so that is why i am using his email address so please contact me with the address below thanks for your understanding. Best regards,DR LUIZ CABRALREPLY through THIS E-MAIL (drluiz_14cabral@yahoo.co.uk)

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